Tucker Carlson explains the idea of "demographic replacement" as an election strategy by the Democratic party. "It's not a conspiracy theory it's happening in public. You can watch it happen," Carlson said on Wednesday's edition of his FOX News program. Carlson said Democrats are willing to shut down the government over DACA. They don't see immigration as a way to improve the United States, but instead as a way to transform the country to their political advantage. "So when Democrats howl about shutting down the government because they want total surrender on DACA, remember, this is the reason why. Their political success does not depend on good policies but on demographic replacement and they'll do anything to make sure it happens," Carlson said. TUCKER CARLSON, FOX NEWS: It's not extreme to say that an amnesty should be limited to DREAMers and not their extended families in other countries. It's not extreme to say employers ought to follow existing federal statutes or that big city mayors should stop pretending they run their own countries. These are basic ideas. They treat existing American immigration law as real. Something that should be enforced. They assume not every single person on earth has the moral right to enter this country for any reason and go on public assistance. By the way, the public agrees with those ideas, strongly if you believe the polls on the subject. Democrats don't believe in them. Any measure that makes it harder for immigrants to come here illegally and stay forever at public expense is racist and immoral. They've said that repeatedly. Why do they think that? Is there some good reason to think that? Is there any economist on the planet who believes the key to thriving in a high tech economy is importing millions of poor people with fifth-grade educations who don't speak English? Is that good for your country? Of course not. But Democrats don't see immigration as a way to improve the United States but, instead, as a way to transform the country to their political advantage. There is no precedent for this attitude in American politics. It's never happened. Traditionally, politicians try to win votes by improving the lives of voters. It's pretty simple, it's been going on for a long time. Herbert Hoover, a chicken in every pot, a car in every garage that was his promise during the 1928 campaign, he won. Because voters appreciate it. They always do appreciate it if they think you are trying to help them. Bill Clinton got elected twice because he campaigned on actual tangible concerns of actual people, middle class people. That all seems like ancient history. Democrats don't do that anymore. Moderate Democrats understand that changing the minds of voters is hard. Especially when you despise them and attack them for the sin of, I don't know, being white or male or privileged or heteronormative or whatever. They don't like you if you don't like them. So, you don't bother changing their minds. You change the voters themselves... Democrats know if they keep up the flood of illegals into the country they can eventually turn it into a flood of voters for them. They don't have to foster economic growth or be capable administrators or provide good government. They just have to keep the pump flowing and the power will be theirs. It's not a conspiracy theory it's happening in public. You can watch it happen. So when Democrats howl about shutting down the government because they want total surrender on DACA, remember, this is the reason why. Their political success does not depend on good policies but on demographic replacement and they'll do anything to make sure it happens. And one more thing by the way. In the interest of nonpartisan fairness and honesty which we believe in, it's not just Democrats who believe in protecting illegal immigrants at all cost. Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona, he is retiring but he is still a Republican. He agreed to support the GOP tax plan in return for the promise of an amnesty deal. You thought the tax plan was about cutting your taxes or making our economy stronger, doing something for this country. But for Jeff Flake, and likely for other Republicans on Capitol Hill, I hate to say it, but it's true, the real priority was making sure that not a single illegal was ever deported because that's what they really care about. Dem Rep. Garamendi: "The chain migration question is a reasonable question and it needs to be answered in the context of a comprehensive immigration reform." .@RepGaramendi: "The chain migration question is a reasonable question and it needs to be answered in the context of a comprehensive immigration reform." #Tucker https://t.co/lGidfNsQ2t http://pic.twitter.com/xc0GnHXUsjâ€” Fox News (@FoxNews) December 21, 2017

FOX News host Laura Ingraham grilled Vice President Mike Pence in an interview Wednesday night on the inclusion of the carried interest benefit in the tax reform bill that was passed by Congress earlier in the day. Watch the full interview below transcript. When Pence answered President Trump would've been "happy" to see it removed from the final bill, Ingraham pressed him. "Did he go to the mat on that? Why should hedge fund guys get the continued benefit of a low tax rate? How does that look to the middle class?" she asked. From the interview: LAURA INGRAHAM, FOX NEWS: Carried interest benefits hedge funds. They get to have their profits taxed at a much lower rate than most Americans. That survives in this legislation. That doesn't seem like you're kind of taking this new approach to the big hedge fund force in the United States. I understand the president wanted it out of the legislation. Which Republicans demanded that it stay in? VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: Well, look, the president would have been happy to see it come out. But -- INGRAHAM: Did he go to the mat on that? Why should hedge fund guys get the continued benefit of a low tax rate? How does that look to the middle class? PENCE: I think what he went to the mat on was really just advancing that vision that he articulated this spring for tax relief. This economy is already rolling at 3% growth which people told the president during the campaign, INGRAHAM: They laughed at him. PENCE: They laugh at him and said it would take years to get 3%. He got there by the third quarter of this year and we're continuing to see growth. I truly do believe that you're going to see companies that had too many incentives in our old tax code to take jobs overseas and you are going to start seeing jobs coming back to this country. You are going to see trillions of dollars pouring back into this country investing in American jobs and American workers and we're going to see our economy expand. Watch the interview:

Trump said he wanted people to "be quiet with the fake news media" because he didn't want them talking about it "too much" that the repeal of the individual mandate was included in the now-passed tax bill. At a cabinet meeting on Wednesday Trump declared: "Obamacare has been repealed in the bill." PRESIDENT TRUMP: The individual mandate is being repealed. When the individual mandate is being repealed, that means Obamacare is being repealed because they get their money from the individual mandate. So the individual mandate is being repealed. So in this bill, not only do we have massive tax cuts and tax reform, we have essentially repealed Obamacare and we'll come up with something that will be much better. Whether it's block grants or whether it's taking what we have and doing something terrific. But Obamacare has been repealed in this bill. We didn't want to bring it up. I told people specifically, be quiet with the fake news media because I don't want them talking too much about it because I didn't know how people â€” but now that it's approved I can say, the individual mandate on healthcare, where you had to pay not to have insurance â€” okay think of that one, you paid not to have insurance â€” the individual mandate has been repealed.